Career record
Landon Donovan is a wing half, forward, born 4 March 1982, listed at 173 cm, and holds United States citizenship. The club record here runs 1998–2018 across 10 clubs, 404 appearances and 156 goals.
The longest stay was LA Galaxy, 9 years from 2005 to 2014 and 247 appearances. LA Galaxy accounts for the most football: 247 appearances of the 404 on record. The best scoring rate came at LA Galaxy — 112 in 247, a goal every 2.2 games. Across 20 years there were 9 moves, roughly one every 2.2 seasons. At senior international level the record is 157 caps and 57 goals.
| Club | Years | Appearances | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMG Soccer Academy | 1998–1999 | — | — |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen II | 1999–2000 | 28 | 9 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2000–2005 | 7 | 0 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 2001–2004 | 87 | 32 |
| LA Galaxy | 2005–2014 | 247 | 112 |
| FC Bayern Munich | 2009–2009 | 6 | 0 |
| Everton F.C. | 2010–2010 | 10 | 2 |
| Everton F.C. | 2012–2012 | 7 | 0 |
| LA Galaxy | 2016–2016 | 6 | 1 |
| Club León | 2018–2018 | 6 | 0 |
International record
| Team | Years | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States men's national under-17 soccer team | 1998–1999 | 41 | 35 |
| United States men's national under-23 soccer team | 2000–2004 | 15 | 9 |
| United States men's national soccer team | 2000–2014 | 157 | 57 |
| United States men's national under-20 association football team | 2001–2001 | 4 | 0 |
| United States men's national under-20 association football team | 2001–2002 | 4 | 0 |
How this page is put together
The career table above is the structured record held on Wikidata under a public-domain licence, read once and cached, not queried while you are reading. The player is bound to that record by date of birth rather than by name: a name search returns the wrong Klose and three different Robinhos, and a page carrying somebody else’s links cannot afford that.
Compare any two clubs he played for with the head-to-head tool, or read the records these seasons feed into.
Frequently asked
When and where was Landon Donovan born?
4 March 1982, and holds United States citizenship.
Which clubs did Landon Donovan play for?
10 on record: IMG Soccer Academy, Bayer 04 Leverkusen II, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, San Jose Earthquakes, LA Galaxy, FC Bayern Munich, Everton F.C., Everton F.C.….
How many of those seasons are in this archive?
None. The archive begins in 2000/01 and covers five European leagues; this career falls outside that window, so the page carries the career record without the season-by-season placings other player pages show.
How long did the career last?
From 1998 to 2018 on the club record here, 20 years across 10 clubs, none of them inside the window this archive covers.
Which competitions can this site say anything about?
None for this career. The archive is the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga from 2000/01 onwards, and these clubs and years fall outside it.
Where do these figures come from?
The career record is the structured data held for this player on Wikidata, which is public-domain. The league placings and points beside it are not: those are recalculated here from every individual result in the archive, which is why they can be compared with any other club or season on this site.